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AMU
alumni protest shelving of Bhopal centre
Sunday January 15, 2012 09:55:20 PM,
IANS
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Bhopal: The Aligarh
Muslim University's Old Boys Association (AMU-OBA) Sunday
criticised the Madhya Pradesh government's rejection of a proposal
to set up the varsity's regional centre here.
The regional centres were proposed as a part of implementing the
recommendations of the Sachar Committee on the socio-economic
condition of Muslims.
Work on the centres is in progress in Pune (Maharashtra),
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Malappuram (Kerala) and Kishanganj
(Bihar).
The AMU had requested the government for 250 to 300 acres of land
in Bhopal.
However, the Madhya Pradesh government in its reply two months ago
said it was not interested in setting up the proposed centre.
Addressing a press conference here, Bashir Ahmed, AMU-OBA member
and former pro vice chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU), demanded that the state government change its
stand.
"Out of the five proposed regional centres of AMU, four in other
states would be fully operational in the next two years, while
Madhya Pradesh government has yet to provide land," he said.
"The Madhya Pradesh government has to only provide the land
whereas the union government would bear the bill for the rest," he
added.
The union government has released about Rs.20 crore to each of the
four regional centres.
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